Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-28
A BREEZE AT DELaONICO's.
Alan Arthur and Others Demand
the Cards OF n Rude Young
EngtishInau.

There was breeze IN DelmonicO's
TvcnIy-SiXlh.street restaurant a few eve
niuCs AGO, saws New York paper. II
came In through the window, where q
rather il-iayoTCd young man was sitting,
engaged in the profitable and pleasing oae.
ration Of diSsCcting q grillcd bone, TO the
accompaniment Of generous draughts o.!
Bass rale ale. TIE oPen window was
one of those along The Twenty. siXth-street
side Of The restautant, and the breeze h3y.
ing secured an entrance. drii,ed across The
room. huiiering the ribbons and ruillaS Of
several vcupg ladies who were Supping
there. and Ruling the serenity Of ticir cs-
coItS.
Alan Arthur, e,hO was seated at one OF
the tables in the line OF the breeze 10 con.
Iany with ladies', sent a waiter, who re-
QuCSted the young man OF the drilled bone
TO allow BIN 10 lower the window. The
man grufly refused. The waiter returned
with the message. Mr.. Arthur looked dag
gtrs at the unknown and the ladies eN-
pressed the opinion that he was horrid
thing.
Paul Dana sat with some ladies at still
another table, and he, knowing nothing OF
the unfortunate experience OF Mr.. Arihur's
messenger called another waiter, who in
nocently carried second request with re-
spect 10 the lowering OF the window.
Again the man at the window refused, this
time more emph itically aud Extensively than
before. The second waiterrttUrned TO Mr..
Dana with the message of refusal.
Bv this time the breeze bal become
stronger. both literally and metaphOrically,
and The ili.iavored Young man with the
gTilled bone and the Bass ale became az
once what i pOpulaTly known a. the cynO
sure Of all eyes. The men IN the room
ground their teeth, pulled at their m)u.
siacbes. and The young ladies, a. was quite
TO be expected, made uncompimentafy
references to the stranger : outward person
al appearance. Bht Le Gte his way logged
" through bis supper aud did not seem 10
feel disturbed by the cOmmoiion be h9drX
cited. lie was going to keep that wialoN
up at any cost, and he did
Who was he:
More than hundred suppers were In
terrupted at odd moments aud speculation
was rampant. Nobody had ever seen him
before. Repeated views OF the open. win
dow champion. views in profile, full-fice
views, and three quarter views were had,
but no one found ANYTHING familiar IN his
obstinate features. He was absolutely I'M
known.
"It's an outrage. Here we may be in
haling pneumonia" said one old gentle
man, "with every breath we take simply
because this man says we must. We are
HELPLESS. He can Kill lis oil with malaria,
and there isn't law 10 prevent him"
The stranger pissed out OF the rcs;au-
rant into the ball after supper mt the same
time with some Of the gentlemen who had
objected to the open window. Mr. Arthur
asked him for his card. Hereiused to give
1t, but Vouchsaied the information that he
belonged to her MaiestY's navy. lie utterly
refused TO be more explicit than this. An
other OF the men who had been indignant
over the open window accO>ted him
at this iuncture and c)ntemptuousiy
refused to believe the statement about MS
position, saving that no gentleman and no
officer ould have behaved 50 disc1urteous-
~. The stranger colored, stammered. aud.
without another word, turned and was lost
in the darkness.
And he has not been found yet, although
the most anxious inquiries nave been made
for him. and a number OF men are eager for
information as 10 his name and address.